This film revolves around a high school student named "Payton" (Gaelan Connell) who everyone thinks is a dork and they treat him accordingly. Yet despite his lack of social skills and popularity he maintains a huge crush on the head cheerleader named "Carrie" (Riley Voelkel) who wants nothing to do with him. So to keep him from pestering her Carrie attempts to play matchmaker and pressures him into asking another student named "Samantha" (Vanessa Marano) out instead. And because he is incredibly awkward this leads to all kinds of problems for both him and Samantha. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that--in spite of some crude humor here and there--this turned out to be an okay comedy for the most part with Jim Belushi (as Payton's dad "Coach Bronko") and the attractive Riley Voelkel standing out the most in my opinion. Again, it's not a great comedy by any means, but I suppose it was worth the time spent and for that reason I have rated accordingly. Average.
Review of The Secret Lives of Dorks
